Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to renew a contract with Saitech, Inc. for software licenses maintenance and support at a cost of $58,350.00 and shall provide coverage for the term period of December 23, 2019 through December 22, 2020. The software licenses maintenance and support was originally procured through solicitation number RFQ010393 and included options to renew for four (4) additional one-year terms at the same pricing and the same escalator clause. This ordinance represents the first renewal option.
This ordinance also authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to renew a contract with Brown Enterprise Solutions, LLC for software license maintenance and support at a cost of $234,659.00 and shall provide coverage for the term period of January 01, 2020 through December 31, 2020. The coverage term period for the Veritas NetBackup perpetual licenses is from October 25, 2019 through December 31, 2020. The Veritas NetBackup software licenses and maintenance and support were originally procured through solicitation number RFQ010593 and included options to renew for two (2) additional one-year terms at the same pricing and the same escalator clause. This ordinance represents the first renewal option.
The two operating systems are related and work together with the infrastructure (Network Backup system). The software licensing maintenance and support are necessary to continue services for protection from events such as data corruption, accidental data deletion, malicious attacks (e.g., recovering from Ransomware), and natural disasters that could take down a city data center (e.g., tornados, fires).
The total cost of this ordinance is $293,009.00 for Veeam and Veritas NetBackup software licensing maintenance and support.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency designation is being requested for this purchase to continue with services that are necessary to support daily operation activities, to ensure no s...
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